Overview
- The Federal Court of Justice upheld the 2024 discontinuation of the criminal case against Christian Olearius for health reasons, leaving the question of guilt unresolved.
- Cologne prosecutors are pursuing the confiscation of roughly €40–43.5 million they say Olearius personally gained from Cum-Ex deals.
- Evidence gathered during the 29-day trial that was stopped may be reused in the separate asset-seizure proceeding.
- A different chamber of the Bonn regional court must open the Einziehungsverfahren, which does not require Olearius to appear, and the final outcome remains open.
- Olearius’s lawyer cites the presumption of innocence and argues his client has already paid multiples to the treasury.